Megan McCandless (MIT)

Megan McCandless

Height:	5-10
Year:	Fr.
Hometown:	Livermore, Calif.
High School:	Granada
Major:	Mechanical Engineering

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2016: USTFCCCA All-American... USTFCCCA All-New England... NEWMAC Runner of the Year and NEWMAC Champion... NEWMAC Rookie of the Year... NEWMAC All-Conference... Three-time NEWMAC Runner of the Week (9/26, 10/11 and 10/17)... Purple Valley Classic Champion in a time of 21:58.3)... Placed fourth at the NEICAAA Championship in 17:57.5, followed by a third-place showing at the Border Battle in 20:44.8... Won the NEWMAC Championship in 18:17 and was the runner-up at the NCAA Regional with a time of 21:16.40... Capped off her rookie season with a 17th-place showing at the NCAA Division III National Championship, running a time of 21:04.9.
Off the Cross Country Trail: Majoring in mechanical engineering.
High School: Ran cross country and track at Granada High School, where she was a four-year letterwinner in both sports... Mercury News Athlete of the Week... Finished second in the California State Cross Country Championship as a senior... Placed 18th at Nike Cross Country Nationals as a senior... Finished seventh at the California State Track and Field Championship in the 3,200 during her senior  year... Has PR's of 17:21 in the 5K, 16:30 at 2.95 miles, 4:49 in the 1,600, 10:24 in the 3,200 and 2:19 in the 800... Robotics Club president... Four-year Honor Roll student and an AP Scholar with Distinction.